Student-housing brand your-space announced the appointment of 3 new senior executives for the roles across different verticals: Rishabh Bucha as the Assistant Vice President of Marketing, Chirag Sood as Assistant Vice President of Sales, and Yogesh Hunnargikar as the General Counsel. With extensive experience in the marketing & sales sector of both startups, and corporates like…
Oxane Partners (Oxane), a leading technology-driven solutions provider to private markets, announced that it has appointed Ankush Arora as Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO). Ankush brings in over two decades of experience and will be responsible for developing and implementing HR strategies, talent acquisition, learning and development, people operations, and employee engagement programs for Oxane, a statement…
Senior Indian-origin Twitter executive Sandeep Pandey, vice president of engineering, is leaving the Parag Agrawal-led platform after more than a decade to join Meta (formerly Facebook), according to IANS report. According to an Insider report, Pandey, who joined Twitter in 2012, will work on Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning teams. Pandey led the…
Covetrus, a global leader in animal-health technology and services, announced the appointment of Margie B. Pritchard as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, reporting to Ben Wolin, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Covetrus. Prior to being named as General Counsel, Pritchard most recently served as Vice President, Deputy Counsel at Covetrus, where she was…
The Government of India has appointed Ananth Narayan, Associate Professor at S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), as a whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). SEBI is responsible for the development and regulation of India’s financial markets. The Government’s Department of Personnel and Training issued a circular making the…
Harvesting Farmer Network (HFN), an agriculture technology platform in India, has raised US$4 million from Social Capital, a Silicon Valley-based technology investment firm managed by Chamath Palihapitiya. This is the first institutional round raised by HFN, which will be used to reach the more than 120 million smallholder farmers across India, as well as explore opportunities in India’s rural markets, a…
One 97 Communications Limited that owns the brand Paytm, India’s leading digital payments and financial services company, announced the appointment of financial services veteran GS Sundararajan as an Independent Director to its Board. The company also announced the retirement of Independent Director Mark Schwartz from its Board, upon completion of his tenure. Previously, Schwartz had…
Tata Steel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on August 26, 2022 with the Government of Punjab for setting up a 0.75 MnTPA long products steel plant with a scrap-based electric arc furnace (EAF). The MoU was signed in the presence of Shri Bhagwant Mann, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Punjab, a statement said. This initiative…
InterGlobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) announced the appointment of Meleveetil Damodaran to its Board of Directors, with effect from August 26, 2022. Meleveetil Damodaran, Non-Executive Director, IRS (Retd.), presently a Governance Consultant, Advisor, Mentor and Coach, has worked with the Union and the State Governments of India, regulatory bodies, investment institutions, banks, development financial institutions and…
Accenture has been recognized as a Leader in the inaugural “Sustainability Enablement Technology Services PEAK Matrix Assessment 2022” report, by industry analyst firm Everest Group. Accenture is an overall leader and ranked highest in the Vision & Capability dimension within the assessment that detailed profiles of 14 service providers and the integrated capabilities that they…
Oasis Fertility announced it has raised $50 million in funding from Kedaara Capital for a significant minority stake in the company, according to The Hindu report. The transaction will provide an exit to InvAscent, which invested in the company in 2016. It also marked Kedaara’s second investment in the single specialty healthcare segment after ASG…
Max Financial Services Limited announced the appointment of Gauri Padmanabhan as Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from August 25, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform that the shareholders of the Company in their 34th Annual General Meeting held on August 25, 2022, approved the appointment of Ms.…
The Board of IDFC Ltd has approved the appointment of Mahendra N Shah as Managing Director (MD) – Designate with immediate effect, according to The Hindu BusinessLine report. He will be MD with effect from October 1, 2022, till September 30, 2023, subject to approval of the shareholders of the company and other applicable statutory/regulatory…
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) announced the appointment of Krishna Kumar Singh, Executive Director, SAIL, as Director (Personnel), with effect from August 25, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “it is hereby informed that subsequent to nomination by Government of India vide Ministry of Steel order dated 24″‘ August, 2022, and approval of…
The Hinduja Group’s business process management entity, Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) announced the appointment of Pradeep Udhas and Paul Abraham as Additional Directors on the Board of the company, with effect from August 25, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors at its meeting held today have considered and approved the…